Leaky mode vertical-cavity lasers using cavity resonance modification

Author

Choquette, Kent D. ; Hadley, G Ronald ; Hou, H.Q. ; Geib, Kent M. ; Hammons, B.E.

Author_Institution

Center for Compound Semicond. Sci. & Technol., Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

466

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report the first conclusive demonstration of VCSEL antiguiding behavior induced by lateral modifications of the cavity resonance that produce single transverse mode operation to >13 times threshold. Antiguided lasers use a higher refractive index surrounding the laser cavity to produce greater loss for higher-order modes (which have greater extent outside the cavity).

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical losses; refractive index; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; waveguide lasers; VCSEL antiguiding behavior; antiguided lasers; cavity resonance; cavity resonance modification; higher-order modes; laser cavity; lateral modifications; leaky mode vertical-cavity lasers; refractive index; single transverse mode operation; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Etching; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optimized production technology; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676503

Filename

676503